Cheers to 60-year-old former competitive big mountain snowboarding athlete and owner of Rave Wave snowboard shops, Steve Klassen, who shared the following video of the first recorded turns at Mammoth Mountain for the 2025/2026 season. Lassen took advantage of a slight dusting on September 30th, 2025 and ripped a few turns on what we hope to be his rock board.
Mammoth doesn’t officially open for another 43 days but its great to see a local putting in the effort to get some pre-season turns. Way to go Steve!
Klassen is a legend
Klassen competitive big mountain riding career is legendary. He won original Verbier Xtreme in 1996 and went on to win the event a record 5 times while competing in 18 contests. At age 54 he returned to the Bec des Rosses in Verbier Switzerland for the Freeride World Tour 2019 Finals and put on a clinic.
Steve stomping backflips in the park at age 60. His longevity is nothing short of incredible. Absolute legend:
